The girls group have decided to do their project at Ami's house, which is most suitable for them, good, clean and organized environment. Everyone of them do lives alone in their house but compared to other 3 (Fumiko, Rin and Yuki) only Ami is the one who keeps her house organized the most.
Ami's living room looks like a school supply store, every basic items which they need for their project is easy to find at her house.
The clicking of clock is loud, everyone silent and focused on their work.
Chart papers everywhere.
Markers rolling under the sofa.
Snacks on every corner.
Ami's cat is sitting proudly on their textbook like it owns the whole project.
Ami is writing cute aesthetic headers on the chartpaper.
Yuki is arranging the papers like a military commander and cutting some papers in shapes required in project.
Fumiko is calmly coloring the project title.
Meanwhile Rin is eating chips like she's watching a movie. Her back leaned to the sofa's edge while Ami's cat played with her hairs from backside.
Everything is peaceful—
Until Rin casually decided to break the silence, and spoke:
"Oh, by the way, Ami, Yuki, you know what? me and Fumi met someone named Reijiro yesterday."
Silence.
Yuki freezes.
A marker slips from her fingers and falls in slow motion. Slowly rolls under the sofa. The cat jumps off from sofa and started to roll with marker.
Ami looks at her with expression like:
"Here it comes..."
And then! Yuki finally explodes:
"YOU.
MET.
REIJIRO.
KAGEMURA?!"
Fumiko blinks twice, confused.
"Um… yes?"
Rin continues eating.
"He helped… something happened at the park."
Yuki's jaw DROPS.
"AND YOU DIDN'T FAINT??
OR SCREAM??
OR ASK FOR HIS AUTOGRAPH??
WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE?!"
Ami raises her hand timidly.
"Guys… the glue is drying…"
Yuki ignores her completely and GRABS Fumiko's shoulders dramatically.
"fumiko. sunshine. light of this group. DID YOU MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH HIM??"
Fumiko: "Uh… yes?"
Yuki's soul leaves her body.
Rin snorts.
"Yuki, calm down. He's just a guy."
Yuki spins toward Rin like a furious anime character.
"JUST—A—GUY??
GIRL, HE HAS MILLIONS FOLLOWERS AND ABS!!!
ABS, RIN!!!"
Rin crunches on chips aggressively, not actually surprised, nor interested.
Ami tries to help her friend.
"A-Ah, Yuki… maybe they were too stressed to fangirl?"
Yuki gasps.
"YOU STOOD IN FRONT OF REIJIRO KAGEMURA AND NOT A SINGLE ONE OF YOU HAD THE URGE TO DO A FULL DRAMATIC COLLAPSE ON THE GROUND?!"
Fumiko starts laughing.
"We were more worried about the boys who were bothering Rin…"
Yuki stops.
"Wait— he saw THAT?!"
"Yep,"
Rin says simply.
Yuki looks at Rin like Rin is a war general.
"You are telling me… you BEAT UP bad guys… AND met Reijiro… in ONE DAY??"
Rin shrugs.
"It was Tuesday."
Ami claps once.
"Okay! Back to the project before Yuki passes out."
Yuki collapses dramatically onto the sofa anyway.
"I can't believe my friends are living main-character lives without me…"
Fumiko pats her head.
"You'll meet a celebrity one day too."
Yuki screams into a pillow:
"I WANT MY ARC TOO!!"
The other three laugh loudly.
Chaos continues.
Snacks continue.
Glue dries in wrong places.
Ami cries because the cat sits on the chart again, leaving it's footprint on fresh painted chartpaper.
But the project—and their bond, somehow survives.
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Scene exchanges to Ryuji & Reijiro (Private Gym Night Session)
Their private gym is silent except for the sound of metal and breathing.
Ryuji is punching the training bag.
Slow and Controlled.
But every hit feels like thunder.
Reijiro is lifting weights on the bench, but he keeps glancing at his phone.
Ryuji notices.
"You expecting a message or something?"
Reijiro jumps and almost drops the dumbbell.
"WHAT— no?? No! Definitely not!!"
Ryuji stares at him. Eyeing him up and down, almost suspicious.
"…Okay."
Ryuji spoke, as he continues to focus on puching bag.
Reijiro sits up, hiding his phone quickly.
Soon, new message had just arrived from his men:
"Sir, confirmed. Rin Ayanami visits a public gym most evenings."
He clears his throat.
Stretches.
Pretends to be super casual, as he spokes out to Ryuji.
"Hey, Ryuji."
"Hm?"
"We should… uh… go to a public gym sometime."
Ryuji stops punching.
"…Why?"
Reijiro panics.
Sweats.
Gasps internally.
"Oh, you know… experience. Exposure. Normal-people gym vibes."
Ryuji raises a brow.
"Normal-people gym vibes you says?"
"Yes. Yes exactly."
Ryuji thinks for sometimes silently, before suddenly speaking, almost making Reijiro jump.
"Rei."
He said, lowly.
"What?"
Reijiro can feel the tension in the air, hoping it vanishes soon anyway.
But–
"You're a terrible liar."
Reijiro turns red.
"I'M NOT GOING THERE BECAUSE OF A GIRL!!!"
Ryuji lifts his hands, walking past him.
"I didn't say anything."
Reijiro grumbles something unintelligible.
After what feels like hours, an awkward silence between them.
Reijiro wipes sweat from his forehead.
"So… you coming with me to the public gym tomorrow?"
Ryuji nods.
"Sure. Could be fun."
Reijiro smiles, sighs in relief.
Ryuji turns away, eyes shadowed.
"Besides…"
He watches the bag slowly stop swinging.
"…I want to see something for myself too."
As soon Reijiro heard it, his eyes lighten up.
"Oowhh and what it could be???"
Ryuji sits down on a bench, resting as he spoke
"Nothing special, you don't need to know about it anyway, lovesick puppy"
Reijiro gasps dramatically at Ryuji's comment on him.
"How rude of you Ryu! Calling me lovesick puppy while you! On the other hand betraying me by not actually telling me about the thoughts unning inside your mind!"
Ryuji scratches the back of his head.
"You want to know that badly?"
Reijiro nods.
Ryuji sighs, before doing hand sign to call him to come closer. As soon Reijiro sts beside him, Ryuji slowly whispers.
"I have heard...they..."
Reijiro. Impatience.
"THEY WHAT?!"
...
"They sell very tasty ramen..."
Silence
Reijiro takes a deep breath.
And then–
He started to punch on Ryuji arms.
"YOU DECIDED TO TEST MY PATIENCE, YO- YOU CRIMSON CARROT!! DON'T YOU KNOW I HAVE A SCHEDULE TO FOLLOW!!"
Ryuji laughs loudly at the childish behaviour of Reijiro.
"Calm down bro, coach isn't here anyway"
"BUT STILL!!"
Ryuji apologise, still laughing, while Reijiro, now sitting in a corner with arms crossed, like a child.
The night continues like this.
Chaos.
But outside, the full moon illuminate beautifully, casting it's light everywhere, cool air blew past the trees, making the leaves moves with the flow. As a figure stood on top of a building, gazing down at the busy streets of Tokyo. A calm yet almost unreadable expression on their face. Their hairs flows with the wind too. But soon, they vanishes in the air.